Basle

[bahl]

noun

Basel.

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Historical Examples of basle

So they went to Basle, and here it was that another kind of letter came.
The Market-Place
Harold Frederic
On the third day, a paragraph in the Basle Zeitung told him everything.
A Rent In A Cloud
Charles James Lever
She ought to have eight at the very least; but wait till we come back from Basle.
A Rent In A Cloud
Charles James Lever
In the summer he was back at Basle and resumed the work in Froben's printing-office.
Erasmus and the Age of Reformation
Johan Huizinga
This had begun already on his first journey to Basle in 1514.
Erasmus and the Age of Reformation
Johan Huizinga

British Dictionary definitions for basle

Basle

Basel (ˈbɑːzəl)

noun

a canton of NW Switzerland, divided into the demicantons of Basle-Landschaft and Basle-Stadt . Pops.: 263 200 and 186 900 (2002 est). Areas: 427 sq km (165 sq miles) and 36 sq km (14 sq miles) respectively
a city in NW Switzerland, capital of Basle canton, on the Rhine: oldest university in Switzerland. Pop: 165 000 (2002 est)

French name: Bâle

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